SKYSCRAPER SYMPHONY
UNSEEN CINEMA
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11m
The hard-edged SKYSCRAPER SYMPHONY stands in contrast to other New York scenic newsreels produced throughout the 1920s. Robert Florey's camera looks straight up the domineering concrete behemoths in skewed perspectives that attempt to emulate musical forms. — Bruce Posner
"The most fantastic effects were secured in shooting sheer heights... It was partly the architectural wonder of New York that made the film so stirring but, really, it was the artist's touch that moved one, the catching of mood, line, color and feeling in the strange, walled city." — Marguerite Tazelaar, New York Herald-Tribune
[German print from the Russian Gosfilmofond (hence the SYMPHONIE DER WOLKENKRATZER title-card). Featuring a score for solo piano by Donald Sosin.]
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